its path and launching these tanker ships into the town. the city of tacloban in the bull's eye. estimates with the death toll at 10,000. an 18-year-old american simon kuzman was there with a local host family. >> apparently like 50 little kids got swept away. it's just horrible. >> reporter: there's little here to help these survivors. people taking what is left in this now-leveled supermarket, hoping it's enough. fears of what is coming next is on every face. we're told there used to be a road through what is now that destruction zone. now the concern is the smell of gas in the air. that's from vehicles like this one on their side or upside down. you see these everywhere. we made our way through the shattered streets to the airport. this was the airport before. this is it now. gloria riveria, abc news, tacloban. >> like a wasteland, like a bomb went off. incredible the images coming out of there. you can imagine this is the